RCA F19426 manual Parental Controls and V-Chip, Sample displays on a Channel Banner

Using the TV’s Features

12:01 ESPN 60

00:00

Sample displays on a Channel Banner.

Channel Banner

There are several indicators that might appear when you press the TV or INFO buttons on the remote. This display is called the Channel Banner. The following list describes the items on the Channel Banner screen (left to right and top to bottom).

12:01 Displays the current time.

The lock is displayed to indicate when Parental Controls are locked or unlocked.

Displayed when Closed Captioning is available on the current channel.

ESPN Displays the label assigned to the current channel.

60Displays the current channel or input channel (FRNT).

Displayed when you mute the audio.

Displayed when the Sleep Timer has been set.

00:00 Displayed to count down time left on the commercial skip (SKIP) timer.

TV MAIN MENU 1 Picture Quality

2Screen

3 Channel

4 Time

5 Parental Controls

6 GUIDE Plus+ Menu

7 SetupPARENTAL CONTROLS

0Exit1 V-Chip TV Rating Limit

2 V-Chip Movie Rating Limit

3 V-Chip Unrated Program Block

4 Channel Block

5 Front Panel Block

6 Lock Parental Controls

0 Exit

Parental Controls and V-Chip

The Parental Controls menu allows you to program your TV so that children cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel controls.

The first three choices in the Parental Controls menu involve software inside your TV (referred to as V-Chip) which allows you to block TV programs and movies based on violence, sex, or other content you may believe children should not view. In other words, it lets you program your TV so it won’t display certain programs.

Once you block programs, you or other adults can unblock programs by entering a password.

By default, the software inside your TV is turned “off,” so if you don’t want to use this feature, you can just ignore it.

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